2 Areas of concentration: public policy, development policy, multivariate analysis and econometrics. Field of specialization: Health policy in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Evaluation of health systems with different levels of government in Latin American and Caribbean countries (intergovernmental health systems). Spec. Economics. University of Colorado at Boulder. The Economics Institute M.Sc. Political Science. Simon Bolivar University. Caracas Spec. Public Health. Central University of Venezuela M.D. Medicine. Central University of Venezuela PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: SIMON BOLIVAR UNIVERSITY September, September Full-time Associate Professor (tenure-track). Department of Economics and Administrative Sciences. September September Full-time Associate Professor (tenure). Department of Economics and Administrative Sciences. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: GOVERNMENT Feb Aug Mar Feb First Director of the Social Policy Division. Central Office of Coordination and Planning of the Presidency. (CORDIPLAN) Caracas. Director of Medium and Long Term Planning. Central Office of Coordination and Planning of the Presidency. (CORDIPLAN) Caracas Chief physician of the Rural Medical Service in Marigüitar, State of Sucre. Ministry of Health and Social Services. Venezuela. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH Accredited Member of the National System of Research, Level III Accredited Member of the National System of Research, Level III Accredited Member of the National System of Research, Level I. 2

3 Sep present April March 1992 Associate Professor (full-time) of Public Policy and Health Policy. Department of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Coordinator of the Unit of Public Policy. Simon Bolivar University, Caracas. General Coordinator of the Center of Social and Economic Research (CIES) and the Venezuelan Association for the Development of Health Services Research (AVEDIS). Caracas. March April 1988 Researcher. Venezuelan Association for the Development of Health Services Research (AVEDIS). Caracas. January March 1987 Researcher. Institute of Biomedicine. Central University of Venezuela. Caracas. ON GOING RESEARCH PROJECTS: 2002 present. Policy options for Venezuela. Coordinator of the think tank Acuerdo Social present. Trends in the Venezuela Intergovernmental Health System present. Coordinator: Identification of resources and costs in treatment of acute coronary síndrome. Financed by Sanofi-Aventis, Venezuela. RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS (CONCLUDED IN THE LAST SIX YEARS) : Coordinator of the project: "Definición de estrategia de salud para los municipios del área de influencia de SINCOR en el Estado Anzoátegui. Financiamiento: SINCOR : Coordinator of the project: "Determinación de los costos económicos asociados con el manejo estandarizado de pacientes con diabetes en dos instituciones de salud". Financiamiento: Aventis-Pharma de Venezuela Coordinator of the Curso introductorio a la evaluación económica de medicamentos". Financiamiento: Aventis-Pharma de Venezuela Coordinator of the Project: "Elaboración del módulo Introducción a la evaluación económica de tecnologías sanitarias". Financiamiento: Pfizer de Venezuela. 3

4 Coordinator of the project: Fase de prefactibilidad del Estudio de Impacto Ambiental del Proyecto Mariscal Sucre, en el área de salud. Joint project with Ecology & Environment (contracted by PDVSA, Shell, y Mitsubishi) Member of the Venezuelan team to undertake the project: Understanding reform: The case of Venezuela. Project financed by the Global Development Network Project: Thematic network on the economic evaluation of health programs and its applications to decision making in Latin America (Coordinator of the Venezuelan team) Academic coordinator of the course Financial management in public hospitals. Joint project between FUNDAYACUCHO, USB, and IESA. August Coordinator of the Proyecto de Nivelación de la cohorte II del Convenio CNFPT- USB-FUNDAYACUCHO-FUNDACOMUN. April-june System of indicators to evaluate public programs to prevent and control cancer in Venezuela. Project supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology. Coordinator Alternatives of reform in the social security system in Venezuela. Coordinator Coordinator of the project: Cardiovascular diseases in Venezuela: Current trends. Joint project between the Venezuelan Foundation of Preventive Cardiology and the Unit of Public Policy.April-september Consensos VIH-SIDA (Phase II). Coordinator. Participant institutions: GlaxoSmithKline (Venezuela), Burson-Marsteller (Venezuela) and the Unit of Public Policy (USB-FUNINDES ). September-October Technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and Social Development (MSDS) in the area of social security and health sector reform. Coordinator. Joint project with ILDIS, and the Deutsche Gessellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ). Responsible institution: Unit of Public Policy. June-October Elaboration of the Country Report for the General Assembly of the United Nations on HIV-AIDS. Coordinator. Responsible institution: Unit of Public Policy. April-June Consensos VIH-SIDA (Phase I). Coordinator. Participant institutions: GlaxoSmithKline (Venezuela), Burson-Marsteller (Venezuela) and the Unit of Public Policy (USB-FUNINDES ). July-November. 4

5 2000. Technical supervisor of the project: National resources for population activities. Agreement between UNFPA and FUNINDES-USB (Unit of Public Policy). August- December Coordinator of the WHO-Seminar to validate the Global Strategy for Noncommunicable diseases in Venezuela. Joint project between WHO, Dearden Management, Bristol, United Kingdom, and the Unit of Public Policy. April Coordinator of the technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and Social Development in the utilization of models of public policy. April-June Impact evaluation of the PCEE project (Control of Endemic Diseases). (Coordinator). The project is implemented under a technical agreement between FUNINDES (USB) and the Ministry of Health and Social Development. Coordinator. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: TEACHING (SIMON BOLIVAR UNIVERSITY) present. Full Professor (full-time). Simon Bolivar University. Graduate program in Political Science, specialization in Public Policy. Taught courses (terms of 12 weeks) at master and doctoral levels: Models of public policy I (conceptualization of models of public policy), 1998, 1999 (2 sections: doctoral and master students), Models of public policy II (multivariate analysis and applied econometrics in public policy), Models of public policy III (evaluation of public policies), Development policy, , 2003 Economics of the public sector, New trends in international health policy, 1999, 2004, 2005(2) Intergovernmental health systems: 2001, 2004 Institutional performance in the public sector: 2000, Public policy in federal governments: E-government: 2004 Taught courses (terms of 12 weeks) at undergraduate level: Public policy: from problems to solutions ( ). Five courses. Public decisions in Venezuela (2003): One course Instructor. Simon Bolivar University. Caracas. Master in Political Science. Courses: social security policies, policy analysis, social policies and structural adjustment in Venezuela. 5

13 CONSULTING PROJECTS International Consultant to the Panamerican Health Organization to advise the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance and the Guatemalean Institute of Social Security (IGSS) in the definition of policy reforms in the period City of Guatemala, April-December Consultant to the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) to prepare a report on health sector reform in Latin America and the Caribbean. August- October Consultant to the Partnership Health Reform (PHR)- Dominican Republic (supported by USAID) to analyze the process of health sector reform in Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo, April Temporary advisor to WHO to participate in the World Health Organization Seminar Public Health Management: Making It a World Concern.. Durham University, United Kingdom. March Temporary advisor to WHO to participate in the World Health Organization Seminar on Disease Management and integrated care. Bilbao, The Basque Government. February Temporary advisor to WHO to participate in the World Health Organization Seminar Integrated care for Non-communicable diseases: Experiences on cancer. ESADE (Business School), Barcelona, February 14 of Consultant to ECLAC (Unit of Financing) to elaborate the report: Health system reforms in Venezuela Temporary advisor to WHO to participate in the WHO Consultation on Future Strategies for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, September Consultant to the World Bank to advise the Ministry of Health in the preparation of the component of decentralization in the Health Sector Reform Project (Honduras). Participation in the mission of identification. October, Tegucigalpa. Honduras Consultant to the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), to elaborate the following documents: 1. Monitoreo de las Reformas del Sector Salud en las Américas: Situación Inicial, 2. Monitoreo de las Reformas del Sector Salud en las Américas: Marco Conceptual y Metodología. Agosto,

14 Venezuela Consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank to evaluate the process of decentralization of health services in Paraguay. Report: La Descentralización de Servicios de Salud en Paraguay: Análisis y Recomendaciones de Política. June, Consultant to the Pan-American Health Organization to participate in the Workshop: Technical Cooperation and Leadership in the Health Sector. Conference: "Characteristics of the Implementation of Health Sector Reform in LAC countries: The Role of PAHO." Berkeley Springs, MD Consultant to the Pan-American Health Organization to elaborate the document: Research in Health Sector Reform in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Framework and Issues Consultant to the Pan-American Health Organization to participate in the seminar "Reforma del Sector Salud en América Latina y el Caribe". Issue: Decentralization of Health Services in Venezuela Washington, D.C Consultant to the World Bank. Area: Health Care Reform in Venezuela. Document: Propuesta para Fortalecer el Rol del Banco Mundial en la Reforma del Sector Salud en Venezuela. Washington, D.C Consultant to the World Bank to participate in the International Seminar: "Nutritional Policies and Strategies in Latin America". Petropolis. Brazil Consultant to the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) to evaluate the monitoring component of the health services' project submitted to the World Bank. Ministry of Public Health. Quito. Ecuador Consultant to the World Bank to participate in the elaboration of the Policy Notes on the Venezuelan health sector National Coordinator of the WHO Workshop to validate the Global Strategy on Non-communicable Diseases. Joint project between Dearden Management (Bristol) and FUNINDES-USB Consultant to the Ministry of Family to elaborate the document: Relationship between projects of institutional development oriented to public policy analysis and the performance of social programs: The case of the Social Development Project (SDP) in Venezuela ( ) Advisor in the area of health policy in the project: Formulation of the system of monitoring and evaluation in priority areas of social development. Responsible for the background paper of the health sector. 14

15 1992. Consultant to the Latin American Institute of Social Research (ILDIS) to elaborate a technical assistance proposal supporting the reform of the Venezuelan health care system , Consultant to the Ministry of Family to design the Section of Social Development Member of the CIES' team to elaborate the guidelines of the Child Care Plan in the Nineties. Consulting to the Ministry of Family. Area: Maternal and Child Health Member of the AVEDIS' team to evaluate ambulatory health services in Caracas for the implementation of the Maternal-Child Care Program Technical Coordinator of the Venezuelan government's team to conduct a health sector review with cooperation of the World Bank Consultant to the Ministry of Family to coordinate the activities of the Commission of Primary Health Care for the implementation of the Primary Health Component (Social Development Project) Consultant to the Ministry of Family to design the program of Community Education of the Social Development Project Consultant to the Ministry of Family to design the module of health in the Social household survey and to evaluate the information system of the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance Member of the AVEDIS' team to elaborate a proposal to transfer federal health services to state governments. Consultant to UNDP and Presidential Commission for State Reform (COPRE) Member of the Mission of the Venezuelan government to negotiate the Social Development Project with the World Bank. Area: Primary Health Care Consultant to the Ministry of Health and Social Assistance to coordinate the preparation of the Plan for the implementation of the component of Primary Health Care (Social Development Project) Coordinator of the CIES' team to design a system for the monitoring and evaluation of the Maternal-Child Care program. (Consulting to the Ministry of Family and UNICEF) Consultant to the Foundation of Social Management and CLAD to elaborate the document: "Implementation of Maternal and Child Health Programs: The Venezuelan Case" ( I Latin American Training Program of Social Managers). 15

16 Consultant to the Ministry of Family to design and evaluate the Maternal-Child Care Program Consultant to MARAVEN, affiliated to Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), to design an information system to monitoring the national program of control of malaria Consultant to FUDECO to design the health information system of the Midwest Region in Venezuela Consultant to the ILDIS to evaluate the feasibility of the National Health System in Venezuela. 16

17 International Associations Member of the Steering Committee of the Federation for International Cooperation of Health Services and Systems Research Centers (FICOSSER) Member at-large of the American Society of Public Administration Member of the International Health Economics Association Member of the Steering Committee of the Federation for International Cooperation of Health Services and Systems Research Centers (FICOSSER). Honors and specialized training 2003, 2004, 2005, Visiting Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo. Graduate School, Doctoral Programs in Public Health and Nursing Recipient of a scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Venezuela to conduct a short-term training at the Ministry of Health in Spain. Issue: Decentralization of health services. December Scholarship from the Government of Canada to prepare a graduate course on health policy in developed countries with special emphasis on Canada "Magna Cum Laude." Specialization in Economics. University of Colorado at Boulder (USA).The Economics Institute GPA 5.00/5.00 equivalent to "Summa Cum Laude". Master in Political Science. Simon Bolivar University.Caracas. Venezuela Master thesis (honors). Simon Bolívar University. Caracas. Venezuela. July,

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